Eck v. Industrial Commission

CAMERON, Judge.

Petitioner brings a Writ of Certiorari to review the lawfulness of an award of the Industrial Commission denying compensation for an alleged injury to a pre-existing cervical spine condition. The facts as are necessary for a determination of this matter on appeal are as follows:

On 11 October, 1963, petitioner slipped and fell on a “concentrate” overflow at the Kennecott Mill in Hayden, Arizona. Petitioner was on the job at the time and the accident was reported to the foreman and the safety department at once. Petitioner was taken to Kennecott Hospital in Kearney, Arizona. The…